Compositional Analysis & Material Identification

Compositional analysis and material identification methods can be used to determine the components of an unknown material, to confirm the identity of a suspect material and to identify differences between similar materials. An unknown component can often be the underlying cause of difficult problems so identifying the presence of unexpected material is very important. EAG has developed expertise in identifying and characterizing unknowns through the use of individual and combined compositional analysis techniques in conjunction with expert data interpretation.

Once we determine the chemical nature of the material, it may become important to gain a better understanding of the composition through further material characterization. Armed with this information, we are able to help our clients to:

Determine the potential source of the identified material

Compare the chemistries of two different materials

Confirm the identity of a suspected material

Identify a material from a potential competitor or new vendor of the product

The technique of choice for compositional analysis depends on many factors: